Tag: georgia

By Yenny Sanchez CNN.com A community revitalization group has uncovered forgotten Black barbershop and murals in an alleyway in Sparta, Georgia. Dream Streets Sparta was removing plywood...

By Patience Itson bhamnow.com To see how Birmingham measured up in affordability, we compared the cost of renting in the Birmingham metro area with that of...

By Chanda Temple Atlanta businesswoman and philanthropist Aisha “Pinky” Cole was so impressed by the hundreds of people who stood in line for hours just...

By Solomon Crenshaw Jr. You’d think Nick Saban and Kirby Smart are putting on helmets and going head-to-head Monday in the College Football Playoff National Championship...

Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Stacey Abrams, the Georgia Democrat and leading voting rights activist, said Wednesday that she will launch another campaign to become...

By Haley Wilson The Birmingham Times Speak to Marquis Tucker, and he’ll tell you that creating is something he lives by. However, the tricky part is...

By Derek Major Black Enterprise Voting rights advocate Stacey Abrams said Monday that more than 750,000 residents in Georgia have requested a ballot for the state’s...

By Travis Waldron Black Voices On Friday afternoon, news outlets finally began to call President-elect Joe Biden the winner in Georgia, a state that hadn’t voted...

By Solomon Crenshaw Jr. For the Birmingham Times Floyd Council Sr., the new executive director of the Birmingham Public Library (BPL), could read music before he...

By Ariel Worthy The Birmingham Times In high school and college Monique “Mo” Jefferson was always considered a “gym rat” and nothing has changed in her...